The Gwulo upgrade continues, with work completed on the map of all places. You can see how its new features look in the video below (if the video doesn't show up in your email, please click this link to see it on Youtube). I'll still be working with maps for a few more days, updating the maps we see when viewing or editing a Place page.
I pressume the dairy farm glass bottle is for milk, but not the same shape as other known milk bottles. Found on the peak. Any ideas of what it was used for and / or date? <Read more ...>
I lived in a 5/5 floor row of 1930's Art Deco style flats in the 1980's opposite Park'nShop and I know theyve been bulldozed but does anyone please know anything about them. Many journalists and I John Crampton shared the great spacious homes. Robinson Road. <Read more ...>
Chris Kilbee has added a valuable new wartime diary to our collection: Lt. L D KILBEE HKRNVR WAR DIARY Dec 1941. Chris's father Lt Laurence Kilbee was in command of Motor Torpedo Boat 08 at the time, and gives us our first account of December 1941 from the perspective of the sailors fighting in Hong Kong.
Vietnam Boat People from Clara Maersk at Sea-Land Berth 4 May 1975, by lawhar
The Gwulo upgrade continues. Last week I wrote I was working on allowing users to create cropped copies of existing photos on Gwulo without needing to use any external photo editing tools. Unfortunately that didn't work out, so the idea has gone back to the wishlist. I'm currently getting the map of all places working on the new site, and also using this chance to tidy up a few items in the map's appearance. Next I hope to add GPS support, so that users who are out on the streets or hiking in the countryside can centre the map on their current location.
Percy William Affleck Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1872 to what appears to have been a fairly affluent family, and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy. But by the 1890s he had emigrated to New Zealand and appears in a number of newspaper articles in the Marlborough area (as of 1896). <Read more ...>
I am the daughter of the abovementioned police officer and am on a quest to discover as much as I can about him, his life and his career. I believe there were artifacts of his stored in the Police Museum and newspaper coverage of his death.
I realise this is a long shot and I'm depending on the kindness of strangers, but I would be exceedingly grateful for any information or guidance on where to look.
Sincerely
Rona McEwen (Barbara Wanless - adoptive name)) <Read more ...>
Thanks to Annemarie Evans for inviting me on to the Christmas edition of her weekly radio show, Hong Kong Heritage. You can listen to the recording of the show at:
According to a family story, a great-grand uncle who was a policeman in Britain went to Hong Kong. His name was John Diamond, born Cornwall, 1860. I *think* he was still in the UK in 1893 but am not 100% sure.
The story is that he is buried in the Happy Valley Cemetery.
I've searched the "List of People" on this site, and there are no Diamonds there (or Dymond/Dimond) under police or otherwise. <Read more ...>
